crowdsourced cellular coverage maps

[Jerry Feldman]

On 02/23/2011 06:07 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> One reason I stayed with AT&T (formerly Cingular) is because at my=20
>> house, while I don't get a good signal...I think that some doctors
>> blocked a cell tower in Newton a few years ago so there is not very
>> good service.
> I recently ran across a service that uses a phone app to collect signal=

> strength data and send it back to their database so they can produce
> crowd-sourced coverage maps:
>
> http://opensignalmaps.com/
>
> Not a lot of data in the system, but it does let you see where the
> towers are for multiple carriers aggregated onto one map. That alone
> might be helpful in deciding which carrier might fare best in an area.
>
>  -Tom
>
This map shows only Sprint Verizon and T-Mobile. I didn't see any AT&T
wireless on there.

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